ABSTRACT
This paper focuses on a transformation of the nostalgic concept of diasporic homecoming in the context of a new cosmopolitanism. By bringing economic and social capital into a land with a high rate of poverty, the US Armenian Americans of the second and third generation have come to feel incorporated into 'ancestral homeland' in Armenia in a variety of different ways. They combine 'homeland imaginaries' and 'ancestral tourism' with an assertion that to reclaim Armenian soil is to contribute to the environment of the entire planet and its inhabitants. Newcomers in post-socialist Armenia are engaged in acts of rejuvenating the local landscape for a 'better future' spurred by a cosmopolitan capacity to assume responsibility for the fate of the globe. This article questions under what circumstances ethnic ties negate cosmopolitan identifications and how and when diasporic travellers reclaim their homeland as a place for expression of solidarity with the planet.
